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Allen Best

Allen, Colorado

Freelance Editor and Writer at Freelance

Editor and Publisher at Big Pivots

Journalist, lover of high mountains, flowing water. I produce Big Pivots, which chronicles climate, energy and water in Colorado.

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  • 1 week ago | durangotelegraph.com | Allen Best

    The City of Durango is offering discounted compost service for income-qualified residents. Residents who complete an application and are approved for the Food Tax Rebate or Utility Refund (or both) will be automatically approved for discounted curbside compost collection from Table to Farm Compost. Once approved, residents can sign up for service directly through Table to Farm, www.tabletofarmcompost.com, and enter a discount code.

  • 1 week ago | gjsentinel.com | Allen Best

    We’re on track to a 9 degree rise in average temperatures. That has profound implications for the Colorado River. Big PivotsSpring came early this year on the mountain slopes near Crested Butte. David Inouye has monitored the blooming of wildflowers there during the last 55 years. This was not a record year, he reported in May, but it was remarkably different from just a few decades ago.

  • 1 week ago | aspentimes.com | Allen Best

    We’re on track to a 9 degree rise in average temperatures. That has profound implications for the Colorado River. Spring came early this year on the mountain slopes near Crested Butte. David Inouye has monitored the blooming of wildflowers there during the last 55 years. This was not a record year, he reported in May, but it was remarkably different from just a few decades ago.

  • 2 weeks ago | vaildaily.com | Allen Best

    Two U.S. representatives from Colorado, Jeff Hurd and Gabe Evans, will be walking a tight rope posed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. How exactly will they explain why they voted for the sprawling 1,000-page bill? If adopted by the Senate as written, the law would certainly raise electricity rates and slow the adoption of electric vehicles. Together with the topsy-turvy tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on China, the bill may help drive up prices of gas-fueled cars and trucks, too.

  • 2 weeks ago | durangotelegraph.com | Allen Best

    Two Republican U.S. representatives from Colorado, Jeff Hurd and Gabe Evans, will be walking a tight rope posed by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. How exactly will they explain why they voted for the sprawling 1,000-page bill, which, if adopted, would certainly raise electricity rates and slow the adoption of electric vehicles. Together with the topsy-turvy tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on China, the bill may help drive up prices of gas-fueled cars and trucks, too.

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I am considering getting off Twitter or X or whatever Elon Musk wants to call it. I am so tired of his nonsense. He's a weirdo, but a very dangerous one with all the misinformation he spews.

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Allen Best @BigPivots
10 Sep 24

Colorado will get a LOT of new solar in the next 6 years, and counties have been hurrying to be prepared for that reality with their land-use codes. I start this story with a pretty interesting case. Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy https://t.co/Sm5zBlQkw2